Denmark preparations 428-MW tech-neutral renewables tender in Aug

• The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) announced on Monday it will certainly release its following technology-neutral tender in August, targeting 428 MW of renewable resource capacity.

According to the draft tender files, this will be the only solicitation of its kind this year, with a budget plan of DKK 1.2 billion (USD 192.3 m/EUR 161.4 m).

The upcoming competitors will be offered to solar photovoltaic or pv (PV), onshore wind, open-door overseas wind, wave power and also hydroelectric innovations. DEA expects that the call for proposals will certainly be announced on August 23 with an October 22 target date.

The agency kept in mind that the provided time schedule is a measure and the exact days will be published in the final tender files.

Last summer, Denmark agreed to proceed with technology-neutral tenders in 2020 as well as 2021 but changed the assistance design to a contract for distinction (CfD) device. This concerned substitute a system that uses a fixed-price supplement in addition to the power market value.